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Museum Het Schip

Museum Het Schip explores the Amsterdam School style of architecture in its social, political and artistic context. The museum is located inside Het Schip (the ship) on the Spaarndammerplantsoen, one of the three monumental Amsterdam School apartment blocks there designed by Michel de Klerk.

Museum het Schip

Het Schip consists of 102 flats for working-class families, a small meeting hall and a post office which is now home to the museum. The museum has a variety of interesting permanent displays about the Amsterdam School movement, including its background and sociological contributions to the city. You can also see a restored working-class flat and a collection of “street furniture” done in Amsterdam School style, including lamps, benches, trash bins and more.

Amsterdamse School Tours

Museum Het Schip regularly organizes guided walking tours past the most prominent buildings done in the Amsterdam School style, as well as tours of the interior of the Scheepvaarthuis.
Daily tours in museum het Schip during opening hours every hour on the hour there is a guided tour of 45 minutes, first one is at 11:00 hours.

How to get there

Bus 22, 48. This information is subject to change; for up-to-date public transport info check the GVB website

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